By Steve Wilent, The Mountain Times It’s painful to see that so many homes and businesses were burned by wildfires in the Los Angeles area in January. People killed — 27, so far — and injured. Lives, ...

The map released by the US Drought Monitor on Thursday showed that more than 33 percent of the US and Puerto Rico were in ...

Nearly a month since several blazes ignited across Los Angeles County, the channels of communications have been established ...

Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

A perfect storm of climate extremes set the stage for devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in early 2025. After two ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for ...

The largest fires started on January 7 and devastated swathes of L.A., including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires ...

Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...

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When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...